Black phosphorus is new 'wonder material'March 03, 2015 New York, March 3 -- Black phosphorus can be used to transfer data at high speed on nanoscale optical circuits, a new research has found. The researchers from the University of Minnesota used an ultra thin black phosphorus film - only 20 layers of atoms - to demonstrate high-speed data communication on nanoscale optical circuits.

IBM shareholder sues company; IBM shareholder...March 03, 2015 IBM Corp was sued on Monday by a shareholder that said it committed securities fraud by failing to write down a money-losing semiconductor unit before agreeing to pay another company dollar 1.5 billion to take that unit off its hands.

Mentor Graphics Reports Fiscal 4Q ResultsMarch 03, 2015 Mentor Graphics Corp. has reported financial results for the company's fiscal fourth quarter ended January 31. In a release on February 26, the Company noted that revenues of $439.1 million, non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.09, and GAAP earnings per share of $0.96. For the full fiscal year, revenues were $1.244 billion, non-GAAP earnings per share were $1.77, and GAAP earnings per share were $1.26. "Mentor Graphics set all-time records for the fourth quarter and full-year fiscal 2015," said Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. "Fourth quarter results were driven primarily by Asian foundries and their customers adopting Design-to-Silicon solutions for 14nm and 10nm nodes and by the automotive sector's continued demand for embedded software and electrical design products. Mentor's board of directors is raising the quarterly dividend by 10 percent to $0.055 per share."

Finelite Wins Multiple Product Innovation Awards from Architectural SSL MagazineMarch 02, 2015 Finelite, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of high performance lighting systems takes home the award for "Best Renovation/Retrofit" for the Boston Logan International Airport - Terminal B project. Additional awards were given to the E1-Indirect Configuration LED pendant luminaire, and the Series 11 LED Micro Flex and Micro Profile cove luminaires. Winners were announced in this month's issue of Architectural SSL and featured products and projects that judges considered "the most innovative LED/ solid-state luminaires and fixtures on the market." Category: Best Renovation/Retrofit